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Costa Rica: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum

36,395people · 2025+910.1% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 1972 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202536,395
202431,632
202323,422
202214,088
202110,224
20209,593
20196,204
20184,531
20174,479
20164,162
20153,603
201420,726
201320,554
201220,435
201120,044
201019,486
200919,101
200818,119
200717,176
200611,515
200511,253
200410,413
200313,508
200212,433
20018,104
20005,519
199922,903
199822,986
199723,114
199623,176
199524,226
199424,630
199324,834
1992114,392
1991117,492
1990276,210
1989278,800
1988278,800
198731,600
198631,200
198524,000
198416,910
198316,910
198216,360
198115,000
198010,060
197918,610
1978133,000
19773,500
1974200
1972700

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UNHCR (2026). Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-hosted (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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